Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
METES
Noun
metes
plural of mete
Verb
metes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mete
Anagrams
• Tesem, meets, steem, steme, teems, temes, temse
Source: Wiktionary
METE
Mete, n.
Definition: Meat. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mete, v. t. & i.
Definition: To meet. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Mete, v. i. & t. [imp. Mette; p. p. Met.] Etym: [AS. m.]
Definition: To dream; also impersonally; as, me mette, I dreamed. [Obs.] "I mette of him all night." Chaucer.
Mete, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Meted; p. pr. & vb. n. Meting.] Etym: [AS. metan; akin to D. meten, G. messen, OHG. mezzan, Icel. meta, Sw. mäta, Goth. mitan, L. modus measure, moderation, modius a corn measure, Gr. measure, L. metiri to measure; cf. Skr. ma to measure. sq. root99. Cf. Measure, Meet, a., Mode.]
Definition: To find the quantity, dimensions, or capacity of, by any rule or standard; to measure.
Mete, v. i.
Definition: To measure. [Obs.] Mark iv. 24.
Mete, n. Etym: [AS. met. See Mete to measure.]
Definition: Measure; limit; boundary; -- used chiefly in the plural, and in the phrase metes and bounds.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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